19 States Approve Permanent Daylight Saving Time

The U.S. Congress is moving toward legislation that would make daylight‑saving time permanent nationwide, a development that would fulfill a long‑standing request from more than a dozen states that have passed resolutions urging the change. The measure, known as the Sunshine Protection Act, has cleared the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and is slated for a full Senate vote later this month, with House leaders indicating they will bring it to the floor before the end of the year.

Supporters argue that year‑round daylight‑saving time would reduce energy consumption, lower traffic accidents and provide economic benefits, while opponents raise concerns about darker mornings in winter months. If enacted, the law would eliminate the biannual clock changes that have been in place since 2007 and would apply uniformly across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The pending vote marks the closest the nation has come to adopting permanent daylight‑saving time, a shift that many state legislatures have been lobbying for since the early 2020s.